We belong together
Everyone is busy arguing their side of the merger, but is anyone taking the time to really listen? If the combination yields hours back for shippers, will anyone remember today’s drama?
Thoughts
Signal Indication
On railroads, business, and building
Big things poppin’
Railroads tried adding dots to the map. T.I. created a whole genre from sounds already in play. What if the answer to intermodal service is the same dots, served better?
Try again
The pitch always sounds better the second time. Airlines proved otherwise. The filing promises more. The prenup protects less. Do the vows hold up?
Straight up
Mergers promise reach. Customers want reliability. Regulators insist on the public interest. Who stands to gain: shippers, shortlines, or shareholders?
Resolutions Fade, Resolve Remains
Calm waters invite ambition, shifting tides test it. In markets, industries, and life, noise favors the new but results favor the steady. Rory’s moment was built over a decade of 'one day at a time'
Game-changing: College Football's Lesson in Beating Organizational Inertia
Conference realignment, the transfer portal, and NIL deals were rumored to be the ruin of college football by the stalwarts. Yet, we're watching more than ever. What gives?
Go see your people
Onsite v. Hybrid v. Remote is a false dilemma. The office is where the work happens. Prioritize proximity. And, how BNSF's 'bias for growth' is more culture and less marketing jargon.
Burn the boats
Sell the corporate jets. See your teammates and customers in person. Choose action. Play a different game than the money managers.
Iterance
On people, technology, and the consequences of decisions
Heat
Capital moves fast. Fabrication moves slower. Revenue looks like progress. Optionality looks like patience. What will all this friction produce?
28 Days Later
The tools are here. The question is what you're willing to build with them.
Why Iterance
The word comes from the Latin iterare: to do again.